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How do you guys feel about medical marijuana in the states being legalized?

I've been researching into the topic recently, and I wanted to see how other people felt about it.

52 comments

  1. [4]
    acr
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    My problem here in OK is, people voted for 788 which was medical marijuana. The people voted for it to pass. It's clear what they wanted. A day or so later our governor and her people were in the...

    My problem here in OK is, people voted for 788 which was medical marijuana. The people voted for it to pass. It's clear what they wanted. A day or so later our governor and her people were in the news saying we made a grave mistake, and didn't know what we were voting for. She said we made a grave mistake and she would do something to "fix it" for us.

    So they got the board of health to ban a few things. It was clear why they wanted the BOH to do it. So the politicians didn't look bad and lose votes. And because the BOH has more ability to just pass things. And ignorant Oklahomans gobbled it all up like the BOH was acting alone and the Republicans they voted into office over and over and over simply because they were republicans couldn't have had any part of it.. Because being a Republican means you must be a great person in OK's eyes.

    We have Drew Edmondson running on the Dem side for governor right. He was AG for 16 years. As long as he could possibly be AG. He won unopposed in 1998. The second person ever to do that.. I like his for governor in November this year. I don't care about Republican or Democrat. I care about who seems like the better candidate, and in this case he seems like it.

    He support OK voters and what they want. If we vote for something like 788, he won't wreck it because it isn't what he wants.

    People here are so blind and the medical marijuana issue is being used as a tool.. People say Drew Edmondson must be a piece of crap simply because he is a Dem so I ask, Okay who do you like in the Republican run off? And they say, Oh I don't even know who is running.. People in OK vote red to just vote red and nothing changes and they bitch.

    16 votes
    1. [3]
      delicious_grownups
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      It's partisan politics. The people in charge push for their constituents to remain ignorant generation after generation. It's up to people like you to put that kind of partisan hackery behind....

      It's partisan politics. The people in charge push for their constituents to remain ignorant generation after generation. It's up to people like you to put that kind of partisan hackery behind.

      Politicians need to stop fretting over party lines. A republican candidate should be able to be pro choice without losing the vote. There needs to be more far left candidates in the public sphere. The parties have become so constricted that I'm worried there will never be any real variation between the candidates of a given party, now that the precedents have been set on so many levels for both sides

      5 votes
      1. [2]
        acr
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        I agree. Here in OK things stay the same, and people complain. But they keep voting the same kind of candidates into office. I keep hoping that Drew will win in November, but there is a very big...

        I agree. Here in OK things stay the same, and people complain. But they keep voting the same kind of candidates into office. I keep hoping that Drew will win in November, but there is a very big part of me that knows deep down whichever Republican wins the Republican runoff will be our next Governor because that's just how Oklahoma votes. They literally vote for people who go against what they voted for.

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        1. delicious_grownups
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          Well, I hope you're mistaken. For your sake more than mine

          Well, I hope you're mistaken. For your sake more than mine

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    pipsy
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    I'm fine with it as it doesn't affect me personally. I'll be voting in Michigan to make it legal for recreational use as well, though I don't smoke it. Tax the crap out of it, fix the roads and...

    I'm fine with it as it doesn't affect me personally. I'll be voting in Michigan to make it legal for recreational use as well, though I don't smoke it. Tax the crap out of it, fix the roads and other stuff.

    13 votes
    1. [8]
      OriginalBinChicken
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      Fix Flint with that tax money :( It's enraging to me that Flint is still stuck without water, yet we live in the United States. Dare I say "where is the outrage?"

      Fix Flint with that tax money :(

      It's enraging to me that Flint is still stuck without water, yet we live in the United States.

      Dare I say "where is the outrage?"

      9 votes
      1. [7]
        delicious_grownups
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        Yeah seriously. How the fuck does Flint not have water yet

        Yeah seriously. How the fuck does Flint not have water yet

        6 votes
        1. [6]
          OriginalBinChicken
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          It's actually very interesting to me how Flint fell off the media radar so quickly. It was truly a flash in the pan, and then we were off to other things. Part of it I feel is the absurdly short...

          It's actually very interesting to me how Flint fell off the media radar so quickly. It was truly a flash in the pan, and then we were off to other things. Part of it I feel is the absurdly short attention span of Americans with their media consumption. I also think that the loss of attention is due to the low population of the city itself (under 100k as of 2016, according to a quick Google search). Low population == low number of impacted people == no one cares. We also know that Trump gets more clicks, and thus, more ad revenue so its a pretty easy choice for news outlets.

          STILL! How, in 2018, is this still going on???

          2 votes
          1. [2]
            ItsMe
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            I think it's a couple of the things you touched on but I never really like how people knock Americans for having short attention spans. There's so much going on in our country, let alone the...

            I think it's a couple of the things you touched on but I never really like how people knock Americans for having short attention spans. There's so much going on in our country, let alone the entire world, that it's difficult to hammer one story for what would be the better part of 2 years now. I don't think an attention span can be blamed when there's literally breaking news every week now. Is it a major issue? Yes. Is it absolutely absurd how it's not resolved? Double yes. What can the average person be expected to do with everything else that's going on? I feel like it's more of a "pick your battles" and Americans right now are picking the major political dissonance instead of Flint's water crisis. I think a lot of us just feel helpless in the grand scheme of things.

            3 votes
            1. delicious_grownups
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              There's just got to be a way that idk, a presidential administration could fix it somehow

              There's just got to be a way that idk, a presidential administration could fix it somehow

          2. [3]
            delicious_grownups
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            Part of it is Trump don't give a fuck

            Part of it is Trump don't give a fuck

            1. [2]
              OriginalBinChicken
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              Nobody gives a fuck, not just Trump. Obama is just as guilty of neglecting Flint.

              Nobody gives a fuck, not just Trump. Obama is just as guilty of neglecting Flint.

              1. delicious_grownups
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                Probably fair to say. It started in 2014. To be totally fair tho, I don't know how soon it became apparent how bad it was, but I feel like Trump, as the "reform" candidate, could have actually...

                Probably fair to say. It started in 2014. To be totally fair tho, I don't know how soon it became apparent how bad it was, but I feel like Trump, as the "reform" candidate, could have actually done something about but it's clear he gives even less of a fuck than imagined

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    delicious_grownups
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    It's seriously all I fucking want anymore. It's 2018. There is no real reason why it shouldn't be legal everywhere. It's a fucking plant that you can't even overdose on. I'm from New Jersey, and...

    It's seriously all I fucking want anymore. It's 2018. There is no real reason why it shouldn't be legal everywhere. It's a fucking plant that you can't even overdose on. I'm from New Jersey, and it feels like we're on the verge of legalization here. Our recently elected governor, Phil Murphy, campaigned on it. The hope is that it gets signed into law soon. I'm just so tired of people acting like it's the same as heroin or that I'm some criminal for smoking it

    11 votes
    1. [8]
      Bub_Wub
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      Marijuana shouldn't be seen or classified in the same kind of drug that heroin is. It's way to difficult to overdose on, and doesn't have the negative after effects that heroin has. People...

      Marijuana shouldn't be seen or classified in the same kind of drug that heroin is. It's way to difficult to overdose on, and doesn't have the negative after effects that heroin has. People overreact to seeing others smoking/consuming the drug because they've been told that it will lead to other harder drugs and will send them into poverty, which I disagree with.

      1 vote
      1. [3]
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        1. [2]
          delicious_grownups
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          It's definitely not hard to overdose on oxycodone, even taken alone. It's extremely difficult to overdose on benzos alone. The problem is, these drugs are synergistic when mixed together. They...

          It's definitely not hard to overdose on oxycodone, even taken alone. It's extremely difficult to overdose on benzos alone. The problem is, these drugs are synergistic when mixed together. They both become more intense when taken together.

          1 vote
          1. [2]
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            1. delicious_grownups
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              Dude are you seriously that far out of the loop? Perk 5s are not the standard any longer for those reasons. For well over ten years now, the preferred prescription painkiller of choice for most...

              Dude are you seriously that far out of the loop? Perk 5s are not the standard any longer for those reasons. For well over ten years now, the preferred prescription painkiller of choice for most users, because of both it's availability and it's sheer strength, is Roxicet, which is a form of oxycodone that does not contain acetaminophen and comes in either 15 or (more commonly) 30 milligram forms. Around 2010, Roxy seemed to replace oxycontin as the more popular street drug, after the oxycontin's formula was changed to make it abuse proof (you could no longer remove the time release coating, or crush it and snort it without extreme difficulty that made obtaining Roxy and much more popular option). But oxycontin is still around despite anti abuse proofing, and comes predominantly in 40mg, 60mg, or 80mg tablets and has NEVER contained acetaminophen.

              I'm sorry but what you're saying here is just patently untrue. Even outside of oxycodone, there's zohydro, opana, and Dilaudid, none of which contain acetaminophen, although they are less common than oxycodone. I agree that benzos are difficult to overdose on alone. It's what I said. But the same is far from true for opiates, even if the mixture of opiates and benzos is causing plenty of deaths

      2. [5]
        delicious_grownups
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        I think it's impossible to overdose on weed

        I think it's impossible to overdose on weed

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          Bub_Wub
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          I don't think its impossible to overdose on weed, but it's extremely difficult and unlikely that you would be able to.

          I don't think its impossible to overdose on weed, but it's extremely difficult and unlikely that you would be able to.

          1. Amarok
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            The reason they say it's impossible is because it'll put you to sleep long before you can reach anything resembling a lethal dose. You'd also need to eat more than a dozen pounds of it to get...

            The reason they say it's impossible is because it'll put you to sleep long before you can reach anything resembling a lethal dose. You'd also need to eat more than a dozen pounds of it to get there, and nobody has a stomach that ironclad. The only practical way to 'overdose' is to take some kind of manufactured concentrate. The plant itself simply can't deliver a strong enough dose to kill.

            It can make you doze off behind the wheel or make you careless or inattentive - so take it with a grain of salt when people say 'nobody has ever died from cannabis.' No one ever died from an overdose, that's true. Dying from irresponsible drug use, however... I'm sure that's happened and will continue to happen.

            1 vote
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            PlatoLake
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            At present it is estimated that marijuana’s LD-50 is around1:20,000 or 1:40,000. In layman terms this means that in order to induce death a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette. NIDA-supplied marijuana cigarettes weigh approximately .9 grams. A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response.

            1 vote
            1. Amarok
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              I wonder how much those numbers skew if instead of using NIDA as the baseline, they measured using some of those newer mind-erasing ultra strong hybrids. I remember reading in the 70s the average...

              I wonder how much those numbers skew if instead of using NIDA as the baseline, they measured using some of those newer mind-erasing ultra strong hybrids. I remember reading in the 70s the average plant had between 3-5% active drug content, while now there are strains pushing over 25% active in the same plant volume. Even then, you'd still be looking at consuming a literal mountain of the plant to get lethal doses.

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    ItsMe
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    Live in Portland and I moved here right before it became legal. Oregon collected something like $80 million in taxes in its first year of legalization. Money that can now be used for better roads,...

    Live in Portland and I moved here right before it became legal. Oregon collected something like $80 million in taxes in its first year of legalization. Money that can now be used for better roads, school funding, police force, etc. It only has had a positive impact on the city, from what I've realized. I may be biased as I am a frequent user but I think turning this HEAVILY used product from a crime into a profit maker can only be seen as a huge benefit.

    9 votes
    1. [2]
      tildez
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      Colorado here, same thoughts. I don't think there has been any real negative impact. violent crime down, drunk driving down, not having to pay to imprison people for having a joint, the list goes...

      Colorado here, same thoughts. I don't think there has been any real negative impact. violent crime down, drunk driving down, not having to pay to imprison people for having a joint, the list goes on and on.

      I mean let's be real, people everywhere smoke weed whether legal or not. Now you can buy it at a store instead of your shady friend of a friend. It's not a big deal like the conservatives scaremongers make it out to be.

      2 votes
      1. Amarok
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        I'd like it to be legal just so I know wtf I am getting. Which strains, what their concentrations of the active agents are, and how those agents affect me. I'd be better able to tune my highs to...

        I'd like it to be legal just so I know wtf I am getting. Which strains, what their concentrations of the active agents are, and how those agents affect me. I'd be better able to tune my highs to the kinds I want to have. When you buy off the 'black market' you never know if you're getting a nice creativity-enhancing sativa or couch-lock indica. I'm sure there's far more to it than just the two general strains as well.

        1 vote
    2. moriarty
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      Too bad it wasn't used to fix the roads. Driving downtown is like driving on the moon :)

      Too bad it wasn't used to fix the roads. Driving downtown is like driving on the moon :)

      1 vote
  5. [6]
    patience_limited
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    I'm originally from Ann Arbor, one of the few places in the U.S. where marijuana has been quasi-legal for decades, and the town was better for not having alcohol be the primary culturally-approved...

    I'm originally from Ann Arbor, one of the few places in the U.S. where marijuana has been quasi-legal for decades, and the town was better for not having alcohol be the primary culturally-approved relaxant. Yes, there were still college students showing up in E.R.'s with BAC's of 0.2+, but homegrown ditch weed never killed anyone, nor was anyone so addicted that they burned their lives down if their drug of choice was pot. Crime rates, schools, and quality of life in general, were if anything improved by having minimal underground drug culture.

    But that's the fact-based history of a social experiment, nothing the private prison industry can profit by stoking fears about.

    6 votes
    1. [3]
      Bub_Wub
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      Its pretty interesting hearing about a place where marijuana has more relaxed laws, especially in the U.S. Do you feel that it affects the work environment?

      Its pretty interesting hearing about a place where marijuana has more relaxed laws, especially in the U.S. Do you feel that it affects the work environment?

      1 vote
      1. [2]
        patience_limited
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        [When I smoked it regularly, it was mainly as the only safe, effective means of managing migraines from a head injury, so you can take my observations as heavily biased in favor of legalization,...

        [When I smoked it regularly, it was mainly as the only safe, effective means of managing migraines from a head injury, so you can take my observations as heavily biased in favor of legalization, anywhere, any time.]

        I've worked with more than a few of the wake-and-bake crowd, mainly in an analytical lab and in hospital IT. I never knew anyone who called in sick to work because they were too stoned to function, and was acquainted with many who used marijuana so they could be functional and productive despite physical/mental health issues.

        You don't want recreational intermittent users operating heavy machinery while high, yet I never met anyone who was so little experienced with the effects that they would engage in that kind of reckless behavior.

        The long-term heavy users were fine to be around and reasonably productive, even while performing high-focus tasks like network engineering or programming. They were mostly very mellow, comfortable people who helped the stress levels of the people around them just by not contributing to the general anxiety level. I'd be unworried to let someone in that frame of mind perform brain surgery on me. By the same measure, they weren't terribly ambitious in the ways that propel people up career ladders - I can't say whether that was the pot or the natural temperament of people who are inclined to get high daily.

        One of the heavy users of my acquaintance was self-medicating for a painful degenerative genetic bone disease (osteogenesis imperfecta), and would have been living on full disability without marijuana. Her hands were horribly twisted from constant fractures. She was great company, as well as an attentive, efficient phone support worker. You'd never know she was using if she hadn't said so (and offered to share).

        I also met a man cursed with one of the most painful conditions it's possible to have - reflex sympathetic dystrophy, following a near-fatal electrocution. One of the hallmarks of the condition is that people who suffer from it may mutilate themselves to escape from the constant sensation of being on fire. They're basically completely incapacitated, unable to sleep or eat normally, often unable to dress themselves because any contact with the affected part is excruciating. There aren't any proven effective treatments, and the self-inflicted mortality rate for people with the condition is so high that pain doctors call it "the suicide disease".

        He discovered marijuana helped enough to let him sleep, eat, and think of activities other than dying, after toxic doses of prescription opiates and dangerous surgical nerve blocks failed. And he got arrested for possession. His family moved cross-country to Ann Arbor because it was the only place where he could safely use and afford a medicine that let him have a life. He was able to go back to college and resume working.

        I don't want to overstate benefits and understate potential harms, but there's also a long history of ganja use for productivity and health maintenance in harsh environments (cutting sugar cane in tropical heat!).

        So, that's some of my anecdata on the topic.

        2 votes
        1. Amarok
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          Several people I worked with at my last job also used daily. One used it to cope with chron's disease so he could eat without discomfort. Another used it to cope with insomnia. The rest simply...

          Several people I worked with at my last job also used daily. One used it to cope with chron's disease so he could eat without discomfort. Another used it to cope with insomnia. The rest simply enjoyed using it. There was no way to tell, with any of them, that they were high at work. They were just chilled productive smart people - all programmers and sysadmins and dbas. I'm pretty sure management suspected, and also didn't really care, as long as the work was all done well and on time (which it was).

          I'd have never known about it myself, except that I ended up visiting a very seldom-used storage area shortly after someone had smoked up there. I knew who it was since I'd passed him in the hallway not five minutes before.

          I've been high at work, but not that often. Usually it was because I'd be high at home and then get roped into doing remote work of some kind. I'd be reluctant to do any design/theory intensive work while high out of fear I might overlook something (it'd need a sober-check later at a minimum). Busywork, on the other hand, was never a problem, going through the motions of something you do frequently.

          1 vote
  6. [2]
    Hypersapien
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    There's no legitimate reason that it shouldn't be legal for recreational use. By all rights it should be treated no differently than tobacco or alcohol.

    There's no legitimate reason that it shouldn't be legal for recreational use.

    By all rights it should be treated no differently than tobacco or alcohol.

    6 votes
    1. Bub_Wub
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      I agree that it shouldn't be treated differently over currently legal substances.

      I agree that it shouldn't be treated differently over currently legal substances.

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    IdiocyInAction
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    I am generally pro-legalization, for a lot of drugs (I think Alcohol should be the standard), so I am happy for the people in the US. Don't think it's ever going to be legalized in my country though.

    I am generally pro-legalization, for a lot of drugs (I think Alcohol should be the standard), so I am happy for the people in the US. Don't think it's ever going to be legalized in my country though.

    5 votes
    1. [3]
      aethicglass
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      I honestly couldn't see this happening 15 years ago. In 2003, we had operation pipe dreams, where the DEA basically raided a bunch of glassblowers for making paraphernalia. It was a legal grey...

      I honestly couldn't see this happening 15 years ago. In 2003, we had operation pipe dreams, where the DEA basically raided a bunch of glassblowers for making paraphernalia. It was a legal grey area because all of the pipes were sold "for tobacco use only", but were treated as harshly as heroine dealers. Companies that paid their workers well, had benefits, paid taxes, and were in every way above-board were shut down and dismantled because of political agenda. Personally, I was too sketched out to blow glass after that. Everything became much more reasonable under the Obama administration with the public announcement to not enforce federal drug laws in states, and I ended up eventually getting back into it. Since then, there has been a significant boom in the industry with some really amazing creativity, talent, and collaboration. Even glassblowers who were previously outspoken against pipemaking started making pipes because it has become a truly unique and ligitimate part of modern day art.

      9 votes
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        patience_limited
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        I've seen some amazing glass sculptures in head shops, and if that's a viable source of income to promote the art, it's a bonus!

        I've seen some amazing glass sculptures in head shops, and if that's a viable source of income to promote the art, it's a bonus!

        2 votes
        1. aethicglass
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          Robert Mickelson's Weapons of Peace is a good example. He used to be very anti-pipe and basically said that pipemakers were a discrace to lampworking (the specific form of glassblowing that...

          Robert Mickelson's Weapons of Peace is a good example. He used to be very anti-pipe and basically said that pipemakers were a discrace to lampworking (the specific form of glassblowing that involves borosilicate and torches as opposed to soft glass furnace work). He's been a big name in the industry for decades. In more recent years, he's come out in support of pipemaking as a ligitimate art, and has done collaborations with tons of the biggest names in pipemaking.

          1 vote
    2. delicious_grownups
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      Well, we have a long way to go. I also think we should legalize most things. But even in the US we will never see full scale drug legalization like I want

      Well, we have a long way to go. I also think we should legalize most things. But even in the US we will never see full scale drug legalization like I want

      3 votes
  8. meghan
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    I'm from MA, and I don't even smoke. So I don't really lean one way or the other as far as preference, but I'm glad it's being decriminalized. I do hope though that in the process they let go from...

    I'm from MA, and I don't even smoke. So I don't really lean one way or the other as far as preference, but I'm glad it's being decriminalized. I do hope though that in the process they let go from prison the people that got put in for petty marijuana charges. The war on drugs claimed a lot of victims and letting those people go would be the least we could do.

    3 votes
  9. Heichou
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    After it not being passed last election (Arizona), I really have my fingers crossed because I want to see what effect the various methods would have on my Tourette's. I really hope the...

    After it not being passed last election (Arizona), I really have my fingers crossed because I want to see what effect the various methods would have on my Tourette's. I really hope the legalization doesn't take too long throughout the USA.

    1 vote
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    jprich
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    I would prefer it be decriminalized as opposed to legalized but will take what I can get. Should also note that I dont smoke (weed or anything). Just think its asinine that something less harmful...

    I would prefer it be decriminalized as opposed to legalized but will take what I can get.
    Should also note that I dont smoke (weed or anything).
    Just think its asinine that something less harmful than alcohol is illegal.

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      Pugilistic
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      You think its asinine that something less harmful than alcohol is illegal yet you only want it to be decriminalized and not fully legal. Why?

      You think its asinine that something less harmful than alcohol is illegal yet you only want it to be decriminalized and not fully legal. Why?

      3 votes
      1. jprich
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        The war on drugs was started as a way to keep minorities down and still is. If its legalized then the fed/state/county/city ect get to put rules on it which are on the police to enforce. If its...

        The war on drugs was started as a way to keep minorities down and still is.
        If its legalized then the fed/state/county/city ect get to put rules on it which are on the police to enforce.
        If its legalized I see them putting rules in effect that allows the abuse to continue.

        1 vote
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      PlatoLake
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      Decriminalization does nothing to stop the true criminals and violent gangs from controlling the market. It also doesn't allow it to be regulated or taxed. Decriminalization is not the way...

      Decriminalization does nothing to stop the true criminals and violent gangs from controlling the market. It also doesn't allow it to be regulated or taxed. Decriminalization is not the way forward. Full legalization is.

      1 vote
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        jprich
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        from another reply: The war on drugs was started as a way to keep minorities down and still is. If its legalized then the fed/state/county/city ect get to put rules on it which are on the police...

        from another reply:
        The war on drugs was started as a way to keep minorities down and still is.
        If its legalized then the fed/state/county/city ect get to put rules on it which are on the police to enforce.
        If its legalized I see them putting rules in effect that allows the abuse to continue.

        Ive lived all over the US ( geogria, virginia, dc, arizona, illinois, and new york) and know people who smoke weed in all those places. None of there supply is controlled by "violent gangs". Harder drugs? Sure. But weed? Nah.

        2 votes
        1. PlatoLake
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          That's because I'm speaking about higher up in the criminal organizations. Sure there is the local guy who grows on his farm but the Mexican cartels are still dealing in large quantities. Point is...

          That's because I'm speaking about higher up in the criminal organizations. Sure there is the local guy who grows on his farm but the Mexican cartels are still dealing in large quantities. Point is that it should be legal. Laws are always going to be used to oppress people but we shouldn't keep a literal plant illegal because of that.

          1 vote
  11. harrygibus
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    Fully recreationally legal nationwide with 25-50% of tax proceeds going to reacclimation programs for nonviolent offenders over the first 5 years phasing out.

    Fully recreationally legal nationwide with 25-50% of tax proceeds going to reacclimation programs for nonviolent offenders over the first 5 years phasing out.

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    lol
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    At the risk of saturating the comment section, if someone's going to buy drugs, the path of least resistance should be to buy it from legitimate means where the money you spend isn't going to...

    At the risk of saturating the comment section, if someone's going to buy drugs, the path of least resistance should be to buy it from legitimate means where the money you spend isn't going to support terrorists and criminal organizations (and this applies to all drugs). I'm not saying you should be able to walk over to wall mart and pick up some black-tar heroin, but it should be easier then buying it from some dude who may-or-may-not have laced it with some dangerous chemical

    1. Bub_Wub
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      I agree that if they decriminalize all drugs, they should be sold by legit vendors with licenses from the government.

      I agree that if they decriminalize all drugs, they should be sold by legit vendors with licenses from the government.

  13. stromm
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    I'm against it in smoked form, for a couple reasons. I'm allergic to it, including the second hand smoke. I think all drugs which aerosolize should be banned. Including tobacco. Not just because...

    I'm against it in smoked form, for a couple reasons.

    1. I'm allergic to it, including the second hand smoke.
    2. I think all drugs which aerosolize should be banned. Including tobacco. Not just because I'm allergic to tobacco too, but because I don't want to breathe nicotine.
      3... it stinks. As in I can't stand the smell. Even on someone's clothes, hours after they smoked. Or in their home or car, or wafting into my house's open windows or AC intake from a neighbor's property.

    Aside from that, I'm OK with it. My wife and daughter have both taken prescription Marinol (encapsulated liquid THC) for their illnesses and it works wonders. It's very inexpensive too. And it's not considered marijuana, just in the same level of drugs as narcotics. But I would be OK with them using edibles or such.